ABSTRACT The article explores the reciprocal relationship between images and viewers by considering the relationship between the senses of sight and touch. I argue that images touch viewers at the same time that viewers touch images. Taking Casilda Sánchez video work, As Inside as the Eye can See as a point of departure, this article explores the ways in which a viewer’s encounter with the work can be understood as tactile rather than merely visual. Precisely because the work is visibly obsessed with the sense of sight it provides an intriguing entry point into discussions around the tactility of visual experience. Even though a person does not physically interact with this video by means of actual touch, our relationship with it is fundamentally tactile. In order to make this argument, I draw on theoretical positions that deal with the embodiment of perception, phenomenology and haptic visuality. Finally, with reference to Merleau-Ponty’s theories on vision as touch, I show how a viewer’s embodied response to the video contributes to its critical potential which unfolds from this rich experiential and tactile encounter.

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看触觉和触觉视觉：对视觉触觉的反思

摘要 本文通过考虑视觉和触觉之间的关系，探讨图像与观看者之间的相互关系。我认为，在观众接触图像的同时，图像也会接触到观众。本文以卡西尔达·桑切斯（Casilda Sánchez）的视频作品《眼见为实》为出发点，探索如何将观众与作品的相遇理解为触觉而非视觉。正是因为该作品明显沉迷于视觉，它为围绕视觉体验的触感进行讨论提供了一个有趣的切入点。即使一个人不会通过实际触摸与此视频进行身体互动，但我们与它的关系基本上是触觉的。为了提出这个论点，我借鉴了处理感知、现象学和触觉视觉化的理论立场。最后，参考梅洛-庞蒂关于视觉即触觉的理论，我展示了观众对视频的具体反应如何促进其从丰富的经验和触觉相遇中展现出来的关键潜力。